Santenay travel guide
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Visit Santenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Santenay is situated in the Loir-et-Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 16 km from Blois, the department capital. (General information: Santenay is 170 km from Paris and 380 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Blois at 16 km from Santenay
Popular places to visit near Santenay: these include Blois at 16 km and Chateau de Blois at 16 km.
Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Blois is a listed 'town of art and history' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Santenay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Santenay
See France This Way travel guides for Loir-et-Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Santenay.
Note that all distances from Santenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Santenay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Santenay (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Loir-et-Cher gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Santenay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (11km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (16km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (20km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (22km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (22km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (27km) : Jardin du château de Talcy (33km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (37km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (39km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (41km) :
- National Monuments: Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (22km) : Talcy Chateau (33km) : Cloisters of la Psalette (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (26km) : Montresor (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (39km) : Cogners (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Blois (16km) : Amboise (19km) : Vendome (26km) : Tours (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Beaugency (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Santenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Santenay
Canton: Herbault
Arrondissement: Blois
Department: Loir-et-Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 41190
Distance to Santenay
from Blois: 16 km
from Paris: 170 km
from Calais: 380 km
from Nice: 643 km
from Bordeaux: 330 km
from Strasbourg: 505 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Santenay): Francay, Herbault, Saint-Etienne-Des-Guerets, Saint-Nicolas-Des-Motets and Seillac.
Getting here
Loir-et-Cher is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris or arrive from a ferry port such as caen or Le Havre, approx. 3-4 hours drive. For driving distances to Santenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Santenay